Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” is full of a memorable action scenes, from a bloody showdown featuring CGI baboons to Paul Mescal outsmarting a charging rhino in the Roman Colosseum. But one sequence that is sure to leave audiences with the most questions is a rather insane set piece in which the Colosseum is filled with […]

Paul Mescal is hoping “Glicked” is the new “Barbenheimer” by urging moviegoers to take in a double feature of “Gladiator II” and “Wicked.” “I think they complement each other really well because they’re so different,” the Oscar-nominated actor told me at the “Gladiator II” premiere on Monday night in Los Angeles. “And if you love […]

Paul Mescal is entering the Colosseum that is Studio 8H. The “Gladiator II” star was revealed to be the next host of “Saturday Night Live” in an interstitial that aired during the Nov. 16 episode featuring Charli XCX as guest. Shaboozey was announced as a musical guest. Mescal and Shaboozey will be featured on the […]

TV heartthrob, indie film hero, savior of Rome and now … producer. Paul Mescal may be Hollywood’s newest blockbuster leading man thanks to Ridley Scott’s epic sequel “Gladiator II,” but the young Irish actor is already taking his first steps behind the camera. On “The History of Sound,” the LGBTQ romance drama announced back in […]

“Gladiator II” may have taken over two decades to come to fruition, but star Paul Mescal is already thinking about a third installment of Ridley Scott’s epic. When asked by Variety at the film’s London premiere if he’d want to make “Gladiator 3,” Mescal didn’t hesitate. “Oh yeah, massively down,” he said. “I don’t think […]

While I wait to meet up with Paul Mescal, eight men in short shorts walk past on the street. It may be a surprisingly sunny late September morning in London, but it’s cold — not the weather for exposed thighs — and these gentlemen don’t look like they’re out for a jog.  “I have noticed […]

It’s a Saturday-night epic of tony escapism. But is it great? A movie to love the way that some of us love "Gladiator"? No and no. It’s ultimately a mere shadow of that movie. But it’s just diverting enough to justify its existence.

Fresh from his bloody spell in the colosseum for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” Paul Mescal is returning to the stage. Rebecca Frecknall’s hit 2022 revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” for which Mescal earned critical acclaim and an Olivier Award, is set to return to London and will also be making its first trip to […]

As “Gladiator II” barrels towards theaters, Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal are already set to re-team on a new project. Scott will direct “The Dog Stars” for 20th Century, with Mescal in advance negotiations to star. Scott will work with Steve Asbell and the 20th Century Studios team to bring the film, adapted by Mark […]